Wire-trench and picture-molding.



O. M. OTTE.

WlRE TRENCH AND PICTURE MOLDING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 20.1916- Patented May 1, 1917.

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WIRE-TRENCH AND PICTURE-MOLDING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed March 20, 1916. Serial No. 85,422.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, OTHo M. O'r'rn, a c1 t1-zen of the United States, residing at the city of Jamestown, in thecounty of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Wire- Trenches and Picture-Moldings, of whichthe following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

The invention relates to sheet metal molding and the attachment of thesame to the wall in fire proof construction; and the 1mprovementconsists in providing a clip whlch can be attached at spaced intervalson the walls and which supports the picture molding with provision alsoon said clip for supporting a wire trench above the picture molding,said wire trench forming with sald picture molding a continuousdecoratlve molding effect for the wall of the room which efl'ectuallyconceals the wires; and the invention consists in the novel features andcombinations hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective sectional view of a ortion ofthe wire trench and picture mo ding showing the manner of attachment tothe wall and the removable stay brace support for the wire trench withthe wires in said trench. Fig.

2 is a perspective view of the removable stay brace for supporting thewire trench. Fig. 3 is an edgewise elevation of the clip for removablyattaching the picture molding and the wire trench on the wall.

Like numerals of reference refer to corresponding parts in the severalviews.

The numeral 10 designates the picture molding, the numeral 11 the wiretrench, and the numeral 12 the clip for attaching and supporting thepicture molding 10 and trench 11 to the wall 13.

The picture molding 10 may be made any desired design so that it has theoppositely inturned flanged edges 14 and 15 for attachment to the clip12. In like manner the design of the trench 11 may be varied to suit thetaste provided that the angular in-' turned flange 16 and the downwardlyturned flange 17 or their equivalents are provided on said trench 11,and also sufficient room should be provided in the trench 11 for thewires 18 in order to carry said wires in concealment around the room.

The attaching clip 12 comprises the flat metal strip with the outwardlycurved end 19 and its angular inner end 20 against which the lowerflange 14 of the picture molding 10 is resiliently held, being sprunginto place over said curved portion 19. Intermediate of the length ofthe strip 12 a bracket'piece 21 is spot welded, though a lug might bestruck from the strip 12 to perform the same oflice as the bracket piece21 without departing from my invention. In either manner of constructiona projecting lug is provided within which the upper flanged edge 15 ofthe picture molding 10- is supported, also the downwardly ,turnedflanged edge 17 of the wire trench 11 which turned flange is shapedadjacent to the lug or bracket piece 21 so as to fit over the upper edgeof the picture molding 10.

The upper end of the clip 12 is turned outwardly from the wall 13 in aflange 22 to receive thereunder one end of the removable stay brace 23."The stay brace 23 has the 1 angular turned end 24 to engage beneath theouter flange 16 of the trench l1 and the opposite end has the angularturned end 25 which engages beneath the flange 22 of the attaching clip12. The clip 12 is preferably attached to the wall 13 by means of anexpanding bolt 26 which has an expanding sleeve or head 28 which gripsthe wall to thereby get a strong bracing effect in holding the clip 12on the wall 13.

It is obvious that a series of spaced holding clips 12 may be attachedto the wall by bolts 26, and the molding 10 hung in the bracket or lug21 by the flange 15 and sprung into place over the curved lower end 19.The flange 17 of the wire trench 11 may then be placed in the bracketsor lugs 21 alongside the flange 15 and the stay-brace 23 insertedbeneath the outer flange 16, the angular end 24 extending rather acutelytoward the wall in order to draw toward the same and end 25 being sprungfrom an obtuse angle nearly to a right angle in order to obtain thespring of the metal in the staybrace 23 in holding the end 25 beneaththe flange 22 to hold the parts firmly in place as the angular bend 27rests upon the angular flanged portions 15 and 17 of the molding 10 andtrench 11 bracing from said angular flanged portions against theprojecting flange 22, thereby securely holding all the parts firmly inposition so that the flanged edges 15 and 17 cannot be sprung out of thebracket or lug 21 without removing said stay-brace 23. This constructionalso strengthens the brace 23 in supporting the outer portion of thewire trench 11 beneath the angular flange 16.

I claim as new 1. A sheet metal wire trench, a picture moldingcomprising a molding having angular oppositely lengthwise inturnededges, said wire trench having a len thwise downwardly turned flangededge to t over the upper edge of said picture molding adjacent the wall,a stay brace to support the outer portion of said wire trench, and athree-point clip attached to the wall to support said picture molding,wire trench, and stay brace.

2. A molding including a base element, a head element, means borne bythe head element to interengage with the top of the base element, meansto hold the base element in position, and combined means to hold saidinterengaging means in osition and to brace and support the front 0 thehead element.

3. In a molding, a clip, a base having upper and lower inturned flanges,means on the lower end of the clip to engage and support the lowerflange of the base, means on the clip between the ends thereof to engageand hold said upper flange of the base, a head, means to support thehead from said second means of the clip, means to hold the head againstupward movement engaging on top of said head supporting means, and meanson the clip extending above saidhead sup-- porting means to lock themeans which holdsthe head against upward movement in position.

4. In a molding, a base, a clip having means to engage the base and holdsame in position, a head interengaged with the base, said clip having apart extending above the points of interengagement of the base and head,and a brace engaged with said part of the clip and with the head to holdthe latter in its said interengaged position and also engaged with thefront of the head to brace and support the latter.

5. In a molding, a base, a head interengag ing with the base, astay-brace formed to bear on the head adjacent its point ofinterengagement with the base'to maintain such interengagement, saidhead having means to engage one end of the stay-brace, and means toengage the other end ofthe staybrace.

6. A molding including a base element, a head element, means to securethe base element in position, means whereby to interlock said elements,an abutment extending above the topof the head element, and removablemeans frictionally held in place and engaged with the abutment and headelement and bearing on said head above the top thereof to hold sameinterlocked.

In testimony whereof have affixed my signature in the presence of twowitnemes.

'oriio M. OTTE.

Witnesses:

H. A. SANDBERG, O. O. HULTGREN.

